Studio Technologies has announced the Model 354 Talk Station, for permanent installation and live event settings requiring voice paging, music, audio-file playback, intercom and broadcast talent cueing.
Housed in a rugged table-top enclosure, the Model 354 supports four independent ‘talk’ channels, is Dante-compatible, uses Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) technology and is AES67-compliant. It also supports Audinate’s Dante Domain Manager (DDM) software application.
Only a gooseneck microphone and a PoE Ethernet connection are needed for the unit to become part of a sophisticated networked application – Studio Technologies offers the compatible GME-3-12 Gooseneck Microphone. The Model 354 also incorporates a monitor section, allowing the four Dante input channels to be routed as desired to an interconnected amplifier or amplified speaker.
Using a standard USB flash drive, two 40s audio files can be easily imported and stored in the Model 354’s non-volatile memory. These are typically used as ‘pre-page’signals, supplying the sound of bells or chimes, electronic audio sequences or voice messages, prior to the gooseneck microphone becoming active. The files follow the common 16-bit monaural WAV format and can be created outside of the Model 354 and then easily imported for use.
The Model 354 uses a low-noise, wide dynamic range microphone preamplifier and associated dynamics controller (compressor) circuit.The output of the preamp and compressor is routed to an A/D section that supports 48kHz, 32-bit audio.
A Neutrik etherCon protected RJ45 jack is used to interconnect with an Ethernet port associated with a PoE-enabled network switch. This connection provides both power and bidirectional digital audio. The Model 354 has four pushbutton switches, which feature dual-colour LEDs to present the unit’s real-time operating status. A push-in/push-out rotary control allows user adjustment of the monitor output level. The monitor output (available in both analogue and Dante digital formats) can assist users in confirming the unit’s current operating status as well as being used for general monitoring applications.
The unit’s range of resources make it suitable for use in many applications – for theater and live-event spaces is may be located in a box office or manager’s location to control up to four channels of background audio with gooseneck microphone paging and preamble audio capability. General voice-paging applications can directly use one or more Model 354 units. Configurable resources are provided to allow multiple units to be used together, displaying channel status activity and, if desired, ‘locking out’ all but the currently-active talk function.
Custom WAVfiles can be created and used as the preamble (pre-page) audio sources. They can also serve announcement-only purposes, replaying only on the designated output channels without involving the gooseneck microphone. For broadcast use, the Model 354 can be configured as a 4-channel talent cue (IFB) master station. Up to four independent IFB program sources can be directly utilized. The unit’s gooseneck microphone will serve as the IFB interrupt audio source.
The Model 354 is configured using the STcontroller software application, which allows production personnel to quickly and easily configure the unit’s operating capabilities to meet an specific requirements. STcontroller is offered in versions that are compatible with the WinOS and macOS operating systems.
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